FARMER'S MOTIVATION TOWARD THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES IN INDIA (ECONOMICS IMPACT)

B.Sc. Bc. Komal Aravindbhai Gohil, BA

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The thesis aims to evaluate farmer’s perspective regarding the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices. It finds out factors affecting farmer’s motivation towards acquisition of sustainable agriculture practices. It depicts perception of farmers about sustainable agriculture practices. It also focuses on identifying factors influencing adoption of sustainable agriculture practices by farmers. The analysis is conducted on sample of one hundred respondents from India. The findings of analysis indicated that the reduction in production cost influences farmers the most in terms of adoption of sustainable agriculture practices. The respondents get motivated by government initiatives and other farmers for acquiring sustainable agriculture practices. Sustainable agriculture practices are useful as they protect environment as well as main long-term productivity of farming system. However, there are some difficulties faced by respondents in obtaining information about sustainable agriculture practices. Therefore, the farmers should be trained for adequate implementation of sustainable agriculture practices. The government should conduct training programmes for farmers regarding implementation of sustainable agriculture practices and it should organize various seminars to create awareness among farmers regarding how to adopt sustainable agriculture practices and how to access credit from financial institutions which will help farmers in adoption of sustainable agriculture practices. The government should also conduct seminars on financial literacy which will in turn create awareness among farmers about various financial products available for obtaining credit.

Keywords

Economics, Sustainable agiculture, Farmer Adoption

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 18. 3. 2023

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 19. 5. 2023
• Vedoucí: doc. Ing. Vladimír Krepl, CSc.
• Oponent: Mohammad Rehabi

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program:
Business Administration